For as long as I can remember I've craved touch. Not anything sexual, just anything touch related, such as holding hands or hugging. I find it incredibly sad that the vast majority of people are so incredibly uncomfortable with touch! I think part of that stems from people being uncomfortable with themselves. They think: how or why would anybody ever want to love me enough to touch me in any way? The fact is that if you didn't grow up being showered with hugs or other…
You know why I think we have so many individuals who are body conscious? I think it's because society has made them that way. Think about it with me for a second. Today we live in a society where everything is about having the most recent designer labels and keeping up with the latest fashion trends. Each individual that is conscious about some aspect of their body wasn't born being conscious of that aspect. They became conscious of it because they've either been bullied at school…
I was coughing every time I would drink anything. It didn’t matter how quickly or how slowly I drank it, I was almost guaranteed that it would end in a coughing episode. If by chance it didn't, something just always didn’t feel right when I went to swallow any sort of liquid. I can’t exactly tell you what the turning point was, but at some point I got so fed up with it that I decided to take it to my neurologist and see if he…
What follows is what was on the back of the program at Cullen's Celebration of Life. It, too, speaks to his character and unwavering faith in Christ!!!
I see the countless Christmas trees Around the world below, With tiny lights like heaven's stars Reflecting in the snow.
The sight is so spectacular Please wipe away that tear For I'm spending Christmas With Jesus Christ this year.
I hear the many Christmas songs That people hold so dear But earthly music can't compare With the Christmas choir…
The following is a poem that Cullen's PCA read at his CELEBRATION OF LIFE on the 13th of this month. It truly is a tribute to the way he looked at "his time". I LOVE YOU WITH ALL I HAVE, ALL I AM, AND ALL I'LL EVER BE, CULLEN!
As I sit near my window and watch the young school children play, I'm overwhelmed with sadness…
However, that sadness quickly turns to GRATEFULNESS when I think about all the wonderful gifts God has given me…
Throughout my teenage years, and even prior to that, we had a dog named Clemintine Grace. Clemintine, which is what we, as a family eventually named her, was an absolutely beautiful Golden Retriever!!! Before we got her, someone had told us that if you are going to pick a puppy out of a litter, and you want a dog with specific coloring, you should look at the tips of their ears when they're puppies. When we went to pick Clemintine out, (luckily, we had first pick…
I've often said, and truly feel that I am blessed! I have a great number of things to be very thankful for!!! Let's face it, based on my condition at birth, and the predictions the doctors made for me back then, I probably shouldn't be able to understand language, let alone write this. In my heart of hearts I truly feel like there's only one explanation for the reason that I have been able to come as far as I have, and accomplish what I have;…
Have you ever wanted more than anything for somebody to hold you as tight as they could and not let go? Have you ever felt like that's the only thing that could help when you're at your lowest point? Maybe your lowest point was when your first real love decided he or she was not in love with you anymore. Perhaps your lowest point was when your best friend moved thousands of miles away, and you were no longer able to keep in contact with him…
Have you ever come to class and realized you either forgot to do an assignment, or forgot to bring it with you? After you realized this, did you think to yourself: My professor didn't tell us this was due? Have you ever been expected to do something at home, and you didn't do it? Then your parents come home and ask why it's not done, and you quickly respond with, "You didn't tell me to." Have you ever questioned whether you are your own responsibility?
Had…